Recommendation of repeal of the Bland-Allison Act.

Presents the president's first annual message to the US Congress of United States, given on December 8, 1885. Items including foreign relations, revenue, and the Chinese problem in the Western states and territories; Recommendation for the repeal of the 1878 Bland-Allison Act, which increased the Treasury's purchase of silver, and restored silver as legal tender; Concern for the economic damage this act is causing.